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City profile · China · Asia

Jinjiang

Fujian · China
City population
1,416,151
#114
in China
#5
in Fujian
#352
worldwide
BeijingJinjiang
24.820, 118.574 · 1,690 km from Beijing
City population
1,416,151
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#114
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#352
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Jinjiang

At 0.1% of China's national population, Jinjiang holds the share of a major city in a country of 1.4 billion people. The city proper contains 1,416,151 residents and ranks 114th among China's listed cities. It sits 11 km from Quanzhou, a significantly larger neighbour with 1,469,157 residents, in Fujian province 1,690 km from Beijing.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#114of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Fujian
#5of 25
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Fujian
Rank in region
#5of 25
Distance to capital
1,690 km
to Beijing
Elevation
33 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
24.820, 118.574
Record updated
2024-07-13
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 2,091 in China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

11KMQuanzhou1.47M people19KMLuoyang66K people27KMXimeicun94K people45KMJinhu31K people · Taiwan50KMJincheng38K people · Taiwan

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Jinjiang1.42M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Jinjiang compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Jinjiang1.42M

Jinjiang Population FAQ

What is the population of Jinjiang?

Jinjiang has a city population of 1,416,151. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Jinjiang?

Jinjiang is in Fujian, China, 1,690 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 24.820, 118.574.

How big is Jinjiang compared with other cities in China?

It is the 114th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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